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salt water into the new york city subway system inundating tunnels. one tunnel took 11 feet of water, pushing cars and stacking them up like toys. >> a disaster was faced as devastating as its faced in its history. >> a seven to know tanker was pushed on to a long island street the. >> you might say that's one storm. of course that's true, whether it's a snowstorm, record heat for a storm like this. when you look at it in a macro sense and you look at the trends then it becomes absolutely clear, for example it has been 331 months in a row now that with global temperatures have been above the 20th century average. that is stunning. now in 2012 alone, we had record arctic ice sea loss. we had two record u.s. heatwaves, a record drought and now we have this unprecedenced hurricane. when you look at how many hurricanes we've been having over the decades in the 1970's, we had on average eight a year. 1980's, nine. 1990's, 11. last decade, 15. three years go this decade, 19, 18 19. that's just so far. we've got a whole month left of hurricane season. you se
salt water into the new york city subway system inundating tunnels. one tunnel took 11 feet of water, pushing cars and stacking them up like toys. >> a disaster was faced as devastating as its faced in its history. >> a seven to know tanker was pushed on to a long island street the. >> you might say that's one storm. of course that's true, whether it's a snowstorm, record heat for a storm like this. when you look at it in a macro sense and you look at the trends then it...
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over funds between the state and the city. and you have bloomberg, one of the best mayors ever probably, and you have andrew cuomo, who has only been seen as a great governor so far, basically working in tandem here. you have the president and a guy who wrote -- gave the keynote speech for romney working in tandem. i mean, this is -- have you to be careful about saying anything is god's will but a week given to us, we're told as people to cover this story as journalists, these politicians were told to do their job this week. >> again, when you think about the area that was hit and you think about these three personalities and these three politicians, they all have a reputation for, you know, if something is not going right, they will call out. in fact, sometimes you wonder, do they enjoy making members of their own party upset at some point. or they don't mind making enemies if they think it will help them parochially. all three of them have been very effective at doing that sometimes. they're all three very media savvy. you k
over funds between the state and the city. and you have bloomberg, one of the best mayors ever probably, and you have andrew cuomo, who has only been seen as a great governor so far, basically working in tandem here. you have the president and a guy who wrote -- gave the keynote speech for romney working in tandem. i mean, this is -- have you to be careful about saying anything is god's will but a week given to us, we're told as people to cover this story as journalists, these politicians were...
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the city. but you're not really hearing that. the comparison that came up, for instance, the new york stock ex-closed for weather two days in a row. the last time they did that was the blizzard of 1888. nobody around here members the blizzard of 1888 so there's not a lot of talk about, we look back and remember that big old blizzard. >> woodruff: we understand the stock exchange is open again tomorrow. what about work in general? are people expecting to go back to work, to get any semblance of life back to normal? >> tomorrow will be a really interesting day because i think after two days and after the weather kind of gets back to normal, you will get people feeling antsy. you will get them wanting to get out and also too get out and make a living. it's been interesting to see. most of the shops have been closed as you walk around the streets. eventually there's going to be this demand to get supplies, to get food, to just be social. and so as the week wears on, it will be really interesting to
the city. but you're not really hearing that. the comparison that came up, for instance, the new york stock ex-closed for weather two days in a row. the last time they did that was the blizzard of 1888. nobody around here members the blizzard of 1888 so there's not a lot of talk about, we look back and remember that big old blizzard. >> woodruff: we understand the stock exchange is open again tomorrow. what about work in general? are people expecting to go back to work, to get any...
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the familiar atlantic city boardwalk in shambles. entire neighborhood washed over, as search and rescue crews scoop up stranded residents by the boatload. crews working around the clock to clear out debris field 7 feet high in some places. >> i anticipated last night given the nature of the wind and the rain, would be pretty baddism didn't expect it to be that bad. it didn't expect we'd see homes off of their foundations. in the middle of state highways. >> reporter: in new york, wall street still shut down and the subway system remained under water today. leaving the metropolis eerily quiet after a chaotic night. some of the city's worst daniel was not from water but from fire. as flames engulf 80 homes in queens. >> there was 25 civilians. they were inside. 25 people inside on the roof of the building. fire was spreading. >> the fire was in the two-story building next door. the fire was coming across the top of the roof. >> reporter: by daylight, the breezy point neighborhood looked obliterated. up and down the eastern seaboard, th
the familiar atlantic city boardwalk in shambles. entire neighborhood washed over, as search and rescue crews scoop up stranded residents by the boatload. crews working around the clock to clear out debris field 7 feet high in some places. >> i anticipated last night given the nature of the wind and the rain, would be pretty baddism didn't expect it to be that bad. it didn't expect we'd see homes off of their foundations. in the middle of state highways. >> reporter: in new york,...
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he's now buying ohio ads in the ohio city home of the jeep plant. >> now come words that chrysler plans to start making jeeps in, you guessed it, china. what happened to the promises made to autoworkers in toledo and throughout ohio? the same hard working men and went who were told obama's auto bailout would help them? >> today chrysler's ceo sent a letter to employees saying, i feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position. jeep productions will not be moved from the united states to chi china. it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. inaccurate is a kind way of putting it. when corrected time and time again, governor romney has walked away from the truth. he hasn't fibbed, he hasn't mud idea the facts. he lied. and it's a lie he is selling to the people of ohio. it's desperate behavior from a desperate candidate. joining me now is former ohio governor ted strickland, national co-chairman for the obama campaign. governor strickland, thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> reverend al, what a despicable thing this romney campaign is doing. i think it says something about m
he's now buying ohio ads in the ohio city home of the jeep plant. >> now come words that chrysler plans to start making jeeps in, you guessed it, china. what happened to the promises made to autoworkers in toledo and throughout ohio? the same hard working men and went who were told obama's auto bailout would help them? >> today chrysler's ceo sent a letter to employees saying, i feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position. jeep productions will not be moved from the united...
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- >> eric: the atlantic city boardwalk in the water as well. >> eric: this is very important. the neighborhood in queens, new york, look at some of the destruction that went on there from a fire. not sure how it started. >> kimberly: terrible. because of the flooding. they couldn't even get in to treat this. apparently some of the firefighters even live in that area. they're not especiall even ablet in and save the neighbors. >> dana: i heard it was started when transformers were exploding. last night, i thought we were watching lightning, around the time the storm came in. what i had seen was the transformers blow up. >> eric: does it make sense to put electrical transformers in the substation down below where the water is going to come? >> greg: you are asking somebody who cannot change a tire. if you could have -- i don't know what you -- >> kimberly: you can't even pump gas. c'mon! >> greg: i am the most useless person in times like these. i have no technical, i have no ability -- >> kimberly: you panic. >> greg: and i panic. >> bob: they close down part of the nuclear pow
- >> eric: the atlantic city boardwalk in the water as well. >> eric: this is very important. the neighborhood in queens, new york, look at some of the destruction that went on there from a fire. not sure how it started. >> kimberly: terrible. because of the flooding. they couldn't even get in to treat this. apparently some of the firefighters even live in that area. they're not especiall even ablet in and save the neighbors. >> dana: i heard it was started when...
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we can't get out to the main road because there's so much sand in the city treats. that is going to have to be moved. -- in the city streets. that is going to have to be moved. there's a lot of work to do. liz: the sand is down 2 blocks. >> more than that, 2, 3 blocks beyond that. there were rivers of water of sand last night. david: but one of the deaths, at least one that we can report on in the new york area was somebody who stepped into a pond that had a downed power line in it. the person was electrocuted to death. you may want to pass that warning on to the people that you saw in bare feet. jeff: fortunately the power has all been cut here. and that's one good thing. these ocean front communities, they cut the power before they start to lose it just so that sort of thing doesn't happen. liz: jeff flock live there in point pleasant beach new jersey. as you see, some of the pictures here, and jeff, i don't know if you have heard about the aerials that we have gotten in on atlantic city, new jersey. jeff: i've seen them, dramatic. liz: blocks and blocks of homes,
we can't get out to the main road because there's so much sand in the city treats. that is going to have to be moved. -- in the city streets. that is going to have to be moved. there's a lot of work to do. liz: the sand is down 2 blocks. >> more than that, 2, 3 blocks beyond that. there were rivers of water of sand last night. david: but one of the deaths, at least one that we can report on in the new york area was somebody who stepped into a pond that had a downed power line in it. the...
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city and the greater northeast to a stand still. the president spoke from the american red cross headquarters pledging federal support to the hard-hit eastern seaboard. i'd like to welcome now new york congresswoman carolyn maloney who joins me here appropriately dressed because you've been out in the community as i know, but i also understand that you've been just involved in a conference call with regard to first responders and the response of the federal government. what can you tell us? >> well, janet napolitano, the head of homeland security was there. we have a coordinated response now since 9/11, and the head of fema, who is coordinating the response of all the federal agencies, craig fugate, they are sending federal aid. they are sending generators down tomorrow. all of our tunnels are flooded. it is the worst flooding that the nta has had in 100 years and the worst outage in the history of con edison. con ed does not have the power to clean the tunnels out so the mta can see how it needs to be repaired. the federal governme
city and the greater northeast to a stand still. the president spoke from the american red cross headquarters pledging federal support to the hard-hit eastern seaboard. i'd like to welcome now new york congresswoman carolyn maloney who joins me here appropriately dressed because you've been out in the community as i know, but i also understand that you've been just involved in a conference call with regard to first responders and the response of the federal government. what can you tell us?...
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new york city is so well known for the new york city marathon. marathon officials trying to assess whether all the power outages and the damage will have any bearing on this weekend's race. so far no answer there. >> we will see what happens. thank you. we're just getting information now that what's happening now over at ground zero in new york, the dwompb governor toured some of the flooded areas. we will see what he saw and hear what he said. this is just coming in. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. home of the legendary g
new york city is so well known for the new york city marathon. marathon officials trying to assess whether all the power outages and the damage will have any bearing on this weekend's race. so far no answer there. >> we will see what happens. thank you. we're just getting information now that what's happening now over at ground zero in new york, the dwompb governor toured some of the flooded areas. we will see what he saw and hear what he said. this is just coming in. [ woman ] it's 32...
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on the windy city. we continue to follow the blizzard conditions in parts of west virginia. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is back with us strtracking it . >> the same storm is bringing snowfall to west virginia, and the wind gusts just to the south coast beaches of lake erie and portions through the great lakes region, we are certainly dealing with wind gusts still on the order of 30 to 40 miles per hour. the waves have been churned out. i'm getting tons of pictures sent in from lake erie especially. it's looking more like an ocean rather than just a great lake. this is a huge storm. we're also talking about those blizzard conditions back across west virginia. winds are now starting to ease a little bit, and the snow we saw across southern ohio is starting to transition back over into some rain. so it is back over to just the mountainous regions of west virginia where we have already picked up nearly 30 inches of snowfall. davis, west virginia is one of those spots that is a jackpot region for snowfall
on the windy city. we continue to follow the blizzard conditions in parts of west virginia. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is back with us strtracking it . >> the same storm is bringing snowfall to west virginia, and the wind gusts just to the south coast beaches of lake erie and portions through the great lakes region, we are certainly dealing with wind gusts still on the order of 30 to 40 miles per hour. the waves have been churned out. i'm getting tons of pictures sent in from lake...
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and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has learned and made changes from the 2010 parade. they've added a video screen and speakers to the other side of the plaza because the crowds stretched so far last time people complained of not being able to see and hear. they changed the route, montgomery was too narrow so they moved it to market. >> mission street is going to be closed to vehicles for emergency access and transit only. >> reporter: they are pulling this together quickly because they want to capitalize on the excitement. you can feel it here even the workers are giants' fans. >> sandoval. but romo, everybody. it was a great game. >> reporter: tomorrow of
and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has...
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and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has learned and made changes from the 2010 parade. they've added a video screen and speakers to the other side of the plaza because the crowds stretched so far last time people complained of not being able to see and hear. they changed the route, montgomery was too narrow so they moved it to market. >> mission street is going to be closed to vehicles for emergency access and transit only. >> reporter: they are pulling this together quickly because they want to capitalize on the excitement. you can feel it here even the workers are giants' fans. >> sandoval. but romo, everybody. it was a great game. >> reporter: tomorrow of
and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has...
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to shelter in the city. the atlantic city mayor joins us by phone. thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. good afternoon. >> before i get into this, give me an assessment what you know to be the case? are people still right now trapped? what's the situation? >> first of all, let me thank you for having your priority in the right place. certainly i think all of this back and forth between the governor and i has detracted away from what is really the most important thing that sthub in everybody's mind, and that's the safety and preservation of human lives. i'm happy to report that on that front with respect to safety and the preservation of human lives there has only been one fatalities, and when i say only, i don't mean to suggest that we take that lightly. given the catastrophic nature of the storm and the fact that the eye has slammed directly into atlantic city could have been a lot worse. in terms of human damage, if you will, that has been minimal. with respect to property damage, that's at the othe
to shelter in the city. the atlantic city mayor joins us by phone. thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. good afternoon. >> before i get into this, give me an assessment what you know to be the case? are people still right now trapped? what's the situation? >> first of all, let me thank you for having your priority in the right place. certainly i think all of this back and forth between the governor and i has detracted away from what is really the most important thing...
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heart of the city on west 57th street. now you can the question is as we continue to look at this live picture, you can see skies are still gray. could it come crashing down any moment? is it safe enough to send workers in to dismantle it? can they dismantle it? to answer the questions is jason trend nah with hedy southeast, provides cranes for major building projects. welcome, jason, nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me on. >> as you see these pictures, what comes to mind? was the crane in the in the right mode, deactivation mode or active mode as far as you can tell? >> just from looking at the pictures and stuff on the internet, the cranes are designed to weathervane, go with the wind as opposed to against the wind. looking at the suf on the internet it is tough to tell. it looks like the boom has given way. so i mean, you niece lot of speculation and stuff like that. but right now, it is tough to testimony. >> did it do what it was supposed to do? we see it is collapsing there and dangling above west 57th
heart of the city on west 57th street. now you can the question is as we continue to look at this live picture, you can see skies are still gray. could it come crashing down any moment? is it safe enough to send workers in to dismantle it? can they dismantle it? to answer the questions is jason trend nah with hedy southeast, provides cranes for major building projects. welcome, jason, nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me on. >> as you see these pictures, what comes to...
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in new york city 80 homes burned to the ground and by the way you can see the snow. in new york city 80 homes burned to the ground in a small beachfront community of breezy point. we hope to have updated information there in moments. and to the west, snow. sandy's high winds creating near whiteout conditions in some places. we'll start where the storm made landfall at the jersey shore appoint pleasant beach. though today you can't tell where the beach end and the neighborhood begins. here is how things looked yesterday while we were speaking to rick leventhal. describe the winds and the sea as you experienced this morning. >> i'm not getting anywhere near those waves. they are very, very, very dangerous. but the wind -- i'm not making this up, it's throwing me around out here. this is about the strongest i have experienced in a couple years. i don't believe the gauge but it does read 95.4 as the top gust it's kick up pretty good, megyn. megyn: it's tough to believe your eyes again. rick leventhal live in point pleasant beach. >> right before that reading i had a 57.7
in new york city 80 homes burned to the ground and by the way you can see the snow. in new york city 80 homes burned to the ground in a small beachfront community of breezy point. we hope to have updated information there in moments. and to the west, snow. sandy's high winds creating near whiteout conditions in some places. we'll start where the storm made landfall at the jersey shore appoint pleasant beach. though today you can't tell where the beach end and the neighborhood begins. here is...
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i'm going to turn over the stage to the director of the sensible city lab at mit. he is going to talk about a provocative topic -- the city as technology. , now. >> hello. good morning everybody. can i have the slides? i wanted to start with something everybody is talking about these days -- a big data. a data is about this incredible amount of information we produced today. we know from eric schmidt, the information was produced from the beginning of humanity. this is more less what we produced yesterday and today. the definition, big data is also, you cannot put it in a spreadsheet. this has big consequences and this is what i would like to talk to you about today. call it big urban data. our cities of the past few years have been a layered with many types of visual information. because of that, the way we understand them and the way we can respond to them is changing dramatically. collecting information from our cities and we can process the information and process it later. in other fields like formula one, think about formula 110 or 15 years ago. if you wanted
i'm going to turn over the stage to the director of the sensible city lab at mit. he is going to talk about a provocative topic -- the city as technology. , now. >> hello. good morning everybody. can i have the slides? i wanted to start with something everybody is talking about these days -- a big data. a data is about this incredible amount of information we produced today. we know from eric schmidt, the information was produced from the beginning of humanity. this is more less what we...
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it could leave the city paralyzed for days. >> when do you expect the subway system to be up and running again? >> four or five days i think. at this point we don't know. if you had to guess, con ed and the subways, three, four days and i would be happy if that's what it turns out to be. >> the mta reporting that seven tunnels have been flooded announced in our 108 years our employees have never faced like a challenge like the one that confronts us now. 215 patients were evacuated from new york hospitals when backup yen raters failed. queens, firefighters battled a blaze that consumed 50 homes. meanwhile, a crane mangled from heavy winds dangled 80 stories above midtown, manhattan. president obama has signed major disaster declarations for new york city, long island and new jersey. we have reporters covering the damage from this storm across the northeast. nbc's ron allen was in point pleasant beach, new jersey, and felt the full wrath of sandy last night. this is what it looked like there. >> from point pleasant beach in new jersey, the sand dunes about 30 yards wide, about 12 feet tall
it could leave the city paralyzed for days. >> when do you expect the subway system to be up and running again? >> four or five days i think. at this point we don't know. if you had to guess, con ed and the subways, three, four days and i would be happy if that's what it turns out to be. >> the mta reporting that seven tunnels have been flooded announced in our 108 years our employees have never faced like a challenge like the one that confronts us now. 215 patients were...
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the mayor says half of the city was flooded. joining us by phone is dawn zimmer, she's the mayor of hoboken. mayor, thank you so much for joining us. first of all, i think it's unbelievable that there were no fatalities in your city. how was that even possible? >> well, we're so proud of, you know, how our emergency personnel and volunteers came together to protect our city. yeah, we have no serious injuries reported at this time and no deaths. we are so, so proud because it's been a very, very difficult situation, really. this has been historic flooding for the city of hoboken. the hudson river literally came in and made hoboken an island unto itself. the hudson river breached. the city and south side, i, myself could see the water coming in over the new jersey transit, train yards and north side it came in, flooded north hudson sewage authority. we had to evacuate two fire stations, our municipal garage. we -- it's just been a really very difficult situation. our hospital was evacuated and also flooded. historic flooding throu
the mayor says half of the city was flooded. joining us by phone is dawn zimmer, she's the mayor of hoboken. mayor, thank you so much for joining us. first of all, i think it's unbelievable that there were no fatalities in your city. how was that even possible? >> well, we're so proud of, you know, how our emergency personnel and volunteers came together to protect our city. yeah, we have no serious injuries reported at this time and no deaths. we are so, so proud because it's been a...
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the city suffered more than a million dollars in damage. romney defended himself by saying quote, the floods weren't significant enough that his being in western massachusetts to make any difference. >> really? >> his state was unable to (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> this is the "stephanie miller show," and i am not stephanie miller. i am chris lavoie. that is jac
the city suffered more than a million dollars in damage. romney defended himself by saying quote, the floods weren't significant enough that his being in western massachusetts to make any difference. >> really? >> his state was unable to (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. fruit just got cooler. fruit on...
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as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are ongoing. if any of you saw the pictures on television is looked look a forest fire out in the midwest. the winds were just deaf statinstatin devastating and blowing from one building to the next one. we are hoping and praying that there was no loss of life in those fires, but even we can -- even if we can save any lives, many people have lost their homes and they have our full support in the days and weeks ahead. the 76 shelters we opened will remain open today and we will continue to keep shelters open until people displaced by the storm can safely return to their homes or find temporary housing. our first priority in this storm was and continues to be protecting lives and that's why we ordered an evacuation of the areas most at risk and why we worked so hard to get people out. sadly, the storm claimed the lives of people throughout the re
as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are ongoing. if any of you saw the pictures on television is looked look a forest fire out in the midwest. the winds were just deaf statinstatin devastating and blowing from one building to the next one. we are hoping and praying that there was no loss of life in those fires, but even we can -- even if we can save any lives,...
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so clearly, the challenge our city faces in the coming days are enormous. the mta and con ed both have very strong leaders and extraordinarily dedicated workers. they're working extremely hard and they will continue to work around the clock to get their systems fixed. our administration will move heaven and earth to help them so we can get back up and running as quickly as humanly possible, but the damages that they face really are enormous. here is the information that we have as of this moment. regarding con ed and the mta, the most recent report has three-quarters of a million new yorkers without power. there are something like 326 buildings and 59 public housing developments without power. that's about 60,000 people in more than 26,000 apartments and many of them are in zone a. the steam system in manhattan south of 42nd street was shut down as a preventative step by con ed. that affects heating, air conditioning, ventilation systems, including many of our honts, and because they shut it down pre-emptively, wire hopeful the steam system can be restored
so clearly, the challenge our city faces in the coming days are enormous. the mta and con ed both have very strong leaders and extraordinarily dedicated workers. they're working extremely hard and they will continue to work around the clock to get their systems fixed. our administration will move heaven and earth to help them so we can get back up and running as quickly as humanly possible, but the damages that they face really are enormous. here is the information that we have as of this...
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in on the city last night. it hurled a record-breaking 13 foot storm surge into the southern tip of the island right where jon was standing yesterday. we'll show you his shot yesterday in a little bit to show you exactly what this looked like. basically in lower manhattan the world's financial capital, was submerged and water was sent pouring into the subway system which is not operating today. as cleanup efforts get underway the national guard is headed towards hardest hit areas to help out. this as the storm sets its sights on chicago and wisconsin. it is not over. jonathan hunt on hard hit long island with more on conditions there and our first look really. high hi, jonathan. >> reporter: hi, jenna. as the sun rose on long island this morning the devastation became horribly clear to everybody. it is quite extraordinary as you walk around this barrier island city. a block in front of me is the ocean. just about half a mile behind me is the bay side of this barrier island and last night, when that storm surge
in on the city last night. it hurled a record-breaking 13 foot storm surge into the southern tip of the island right where jon was standing yesterday. we'll show you his shot yesterday in a little bit to show you exactly what this looked like. basically in lower manhattan the world's financial capital, was submerged and water was sent pouring into the subway system which is not operating today. as cleanup efforts get underway the national guard is headed towards hardest hit areas to help out....
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>> in july, heather wilson wrote a letter to the city council of las cruces opposing a monument and endorsed a bill by steve pierce that would preserve less land. martin heinrich wrote an article in april supporting a much larger monument. why do you believe the larger or smaller monument is the best alternate for the protection of these lands? >> that is what people have told me. people who have -- this is important to them. in particular, the sportsmen have said, we love the mountains, but those mountain ranges to the west of the river are critical for us. in addition, there was a recent poll that was done that asked people, do you want a monument? the overwhelming answer was yes. more people prefer the one that had both sides of the river. the county is spectacular. dona ana county. it deserves the recognition that a monument would bring. it deserves the tourism that would come here as a result. >> this is a very big difference between us in the way you go about managing public land and resolving issues and disputes. i believe they're gorgeous. the question is, do we put 25% of the county
>> in july, heather wilson wrote a letter to the city council of las cruces opposing a monument and endorsed a bill by steve pierce that would preserve less land. martin heinrich wrote an article in april supporting a much larger monument. why do you believe the larger or smaller monument is the best alternate for the protection of these lands? >> that is what people have told me. people who have -- this is important to them. in particular, the sportsmen have said, we love the...
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and also talked to the mayors of new york city and the mayors of jersey city and newark. talked about what they need. in the information he also one of the things we could do would be to expedite the process, by declaring major disaster relief. he'll be briefed again later today and will have a conference call. it seems like the campaign will go back on schedule tomorrow, george. >>> we're getting more scenes of devastation. extraordinary shots. look at that. a large tanker ship washed up on the shores of staten island here in new york city. michelle charlesworth has more on that. power of the storm clearly evident right there. >> reporter: unbelievable. we pulled up. we jumped out of the truck. amy, this is a 700-ton tanker. dates back to 1941, we now know. it's "the john b. caddell." stop for a second. let's take a shot. that's lower manhattan. this is the narrows. that's where it came from. it was over, moored on the right, a mile away. sandy picked up this giant tanker. first of all, pulled it away from the marina. and the 15-foot storm surge, picked it up and put it
and also talked to the mayors of new york city and the mayors of jersey city and newark. talked about what they need. in the information he also one of the things we could do would be to expedite the process, by declaring major disaster relief. he'll be briefed again later today and will have a conference call. it seems like the campaign will go back on schedule tomorrow, george. >>> we're getting more scenes of devastation. extraordinary shots. look at that. a large tanker ship washed...
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more than 250,000 people across the city lost power. new york university's hospital was one of them. doctors and patients were forced to leave late last night when backup generators there also failed. >> they are trying to move the stations as fast as possible. hopefully, we'll be able to evacuate them in a number of hours. >> reporter: also evacuated, several buildings surrounding this luxury high rise in midtown manhattan. a crane collapsed and has been dangling over the city ever since since. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: they're still trying to inspect the damage and anticipate any additional problems. >> we are seeing a large number of fires caused by downed wires and electrical problems related to outages. >> reporter: one of the biggest problems started late last night in queens. according to the fire department, more than 50 homes have been destroyed. con ed is the utility that provides power for the new york metropolitan area. last night at its height it said 670,000 customers were out of power. con ed spokesman says this is
more than 250,000 people across the city lost power. new york university's hospital was one of them. doctors and patients were forced to leave late last night when backup generators there also failed. >> they are trying to move the stations as fast as possible. hopefully, we'll be able to evacuate them in a number of hours. >> reporter: also evacuated, several buildings surrounding this luxury high rise in midtown manhattan. a crane collapsed and has been dangling over the city ever...
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when we were the revolutionary war when we were the hardest hit city to now. we always find a way of coming back. that is the proverbial sword of
when we were the revolutionary war when we were the hardest hit city to now. we always find a way of coming back. that is the proverbial sword of
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that crane is still dangling 80 stories above the city. it's unclear how it might be brougt down safely. the fact it's still hanging there perhaps is a relief to some who feared with the increased winds it was inevitable it was going to fall last night. it has not fallen. elsewhere in new york city, the nyu medical center lost primary and backup power during the storm, forced the evacuation of 215 patients to nearby hospitals. >>> well, it was a record 13-foot storm surge that hit southern manhattan, dumped water into the construction site at ground zero. look at those images. you can see also the uss "intrepid" as water fills the west side highway. in washington, d.c., federal and local governments will remain closed today along with the courts and public schools. >>> a financial toll from this disaster that could reach $10 billion or $20 billion, wall street will have an extra day to absorb that figure now that the new york stock exchange has been shut down for the second straight day. the first time the weather has closed the exchange f
that crane is still dangling 80 stories above the city. it's unclear how it might be brougt down safely. the fact it's still hanging there perhaps is a relief to some who feared with the increased winds it was inevitable it was going to fall last night. it has not fallen. elsewhere in new york city, the nyu medical center lost primary and backup power during the storm, forced the evacuation of 215 patients to nearby hospitals. >>> well, it was a record 13-foot storm surge that hit...
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this is the low area of ocean city, maryland, the downtown area. usually about 7,000 people here during the off-season. most of those, you know, storm experienced, pretty hardy people. most of them did get out. a few hundred did stay. no injuries here. the national guard was working throughout the night. the winds really felt like a hurricane, five, 6:00, 7:00 at night. we saw signs snapping off, small items of debris blowing through the air. it got pretty dicey last night. now it is just weird to stand in the middle of a road with a pretty good current coming down st. louis avenue here in ocean city. martha: boy, it remains to be seen the economic impact of all of this and these areas that have been hard hit already by unemployment and the tough economy to have to regroup after something like this and rebuild and find money to do all of those things is going to be a story we'll be coming in the coming weeks and months. steve harrigan, thanks so much. we'll check back in with you a little bit later. bill: also this update. a crewmember is now dead
this is the low area of ocean city, maryland, the downtown area. usually about 7,000 people here during the off-season. most of those, you know, storm experienced, pretty hardy people. most of them did get out. a few hundred did stay. no injuries here. the national guard was working throughout the night. the winds really felt like a hurricane, five, 6:00, 7:00 at night. we saw signs snapping off, small items of debris blowing through the air. it got pretty dicey last night. now it is just weird...
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not only the infrastructure of the city -- >> right, the stock market being shut down -- >> and i read that the stock market hasn't been shut down for two days since 1988 -- >> because of blizzard. a lot of the subway stations have been flooded with sea water, which is salt water which corrodes metal. it doesn't play well with electricity or the tracks. >> that will take a while to get that cleaned up. >> exaboutedly. we are taking your calls. let's go to marcy in florida. hey, marcy? >> caller: hey, how are you? >> good. how are you? you want to talk about fema. >> yes, i wanted to share my family's experience with fema. my mother lives on an island down at the end of st. petersburg, and they had a tornado go through there a couple of months ago, and our house has been there for 100 years. i went down to look at the damage, and the two back windows were blown out some roof damage, other stuff, so we are had citizens unlucky us came out and assessed the damage at $7,500, everybody has citizens because -- >> citizen is one particular insurance company? >> every company has pulled out of
not only the infrastructure of the city -- >> right, the stock market being shut down -- >> and i read that the stock market hasn't been shut down for two days since 1988 -- >> because of blizzard. a lot of the subway stations have been flooded with sea water, which is salt water which corrodes metal. it doesn't play well with electricity or the tracks. >> that will take a while to get that cleaned up. >> exaboutedly. we are taking your calls. let's go to marcy in...
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i wouldn't count on the new york city airports opening up today. hopefully they can as we go throughout wednesday. if you're flying in the east today, especially the northeast, you'll be lucky to get there. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> we're going to continue to watch the weak system moving through the northwest with a chance of showers out there. flagstaff, arizona, will have a nice day. southern california looks good, too. san diego right around 75. >>> we'll take another look at what the latest is with sandy coming up. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> one of the many heartbreaking stories associated with this storm, the backup generator at a major new york city hospital failed, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of patients. >>> as the sun comes up on this tuesday, we'll have a much better indication of just how much destruction sandy caused along the atlantic coast and inland. you're watching "early to dash which. . >>> residents all across the northeast this morning
i wouldn't count on the new york city airports opening up today. hopefully they can as we go throughout wednesday. if you're flying in the east today, especially the northeast, you'll be lucky to get there. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> we're going to continue to watch the weak system moving through the northwest with a chance of showers out there. flagstaff, arizona, will have a nice day. southern california looks...
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as the subways go, so goes the city. that's a major, major issue to deal with. >> largest transit system. >> in the country. >>> and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didn't even leave the gate yesterday. >> and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy because of damage to infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. >>> also, the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storm's path. >> earlier, we spoke with public affairs officer, tamara braunstein about what's being done right now. >> 3,200 people spent monday night in the shelter. we have more than 112 shelters open across 9 states right now. we're expecting that number to grow. so, we're just trying to provide emotional support and making sure people are being fed and having their safety needs met in the short-term. >> now, the red cross is asking for blood donations and financial contri
as the subways go, so goes the city. that's a major, major issue to deal with. >> largest transit system. >> in the country. >>> and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didn't even leave the gate yesterday. >> and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy because of damage to infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week....
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the ryan budget which mr. romney praised as an excellent piece of work with result in severe cutbacks to the agency as would republican i understand city gated sequester that could relief 8.2%. mr. romney believe that financially stressed states would do a better job than properly functioning federal agency? that is "new york times" editorial. a call from louisville, ohio. rex. independent caller. caller: i'm looking at the question and somebody will have to come to the realization that we are dealing with education regurgitation. because you said trust in government through natural disaster. could we trust so-called government in getting in to illegal unfunded wars or trust the government dealing with hiding fascist trade agreements or $4 for a gallon of gas? so, no, we can't trust the government. but the problem is the question. because the government is the people. if you go to the constitution, it is a government for the people by the people. and if you look at the election process that is going on today w
the ryan budget which mr. romney praised as an excellent piece of work with result in severe cutbacks to the agency as would republican i understand city gated sequester that could relief 8.2%. mr. romney believe that financially stressed states would do a better job than properly functioning federal agency? that is "new york times" editorial. a call from louisville, ohio. rex. independent caller. caller: i'm looking at the question and somebody will have to come to the realization...
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order for the city's low-lying neighborhoods. some homes on the bay appeared the virginia of collapseing into the sxwaertwater. the surf was ferocious. flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth delaware. docks were under water. downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake communities were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. >> i feel sorry. it is not over yet. >> reporter: today police emergency responders and the national guard will be patrolling the emergency evacuation zones of the city checking on the safety of people who chose to ride out this storm. >> xhip reidchip reid thanks. a hurricane was turned into a blizzard. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is what you get on the flip side of hurricane sandy. the snow. in this mountainous area of west virginia the snow started falling yesterday afternoon and it hasn't stopped all night. several inches here in town it is estimated that they are going to have between one and three feet in the
order for the city's low-lying neighborhoods. some homes on the bay appeared the virginia of collapseing into the sxwaertwater. the surf was ferocious. flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth delaware. docks were under water. downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake communities were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. >> i feel sorry. it is not over yet. >> reporter: today police emergency responders and...